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A proposal to abolish Colorado's death penalty will be one of the most emotional issues this legislative session - in part because lawmakers' own stories are closely connected to the debate.
There was initial approval in the Colorado House on Friday for a bill that would make the death of an unborn child after a crime a homicide.
A landmark expansion of background checks on firearm purchases was approved Friday by lawmakers in Colorado, a politically moderate state that was the site of last year's mass shooting at a suburban Denver movie theater.
Lawmakers in Colorado continue to debate whether to ban the death penalty.
Marijuana legalization has prompted an enormous amount of debate in the four months since it was approved in Colorado, but only Friday did the drug get consideration from the people who will decide how it should be grown, sold and taxed.
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers is headed to Mexico City to meet with Mexican Attorney General Jesús Murillo Karam to discuss drug trafficking, human trafficking and judicial reform in Mexico.
U.S. Rep. Jared Polis has introduced a bill that he says would close a loophole in federal law that exempts oil and gas drilling from certain provisions of the federal Clean Air Act.
A plan that could dramatically improve wildfire fights in colorado calls for the state to have its own fleet of air tankers.
Fiercely debated ammunition limits have cleared Colorado's Democratic Legislature and are on their way to the governor, who has said he'll sign the measure into law.
More schools would serve breakfast after the school bell under a bill that has won initial approval in the state House.
The crime of adultery could soon be struck from Colorado's law books after the state Senate approved the bill and sent it to the governor.
Civil unions for gay couples was a rallying cry for Democrats who took control of the Colorado House in last year's elections and vowed an early vote on the proposal. They kept their promise Tuesday.
The district attorney in Weld County, who unsuccessfully ran for Senate in 2010, says he's battling lymphoma.
Verbal shots were taken this weekend between the El Paso County sheriff and a top Colorado politician over the gun control debate. It stems from a radio interview Saturday in Colorado Springs.
Amendment 64 passed easily in the city of Denver, but the debate over implementing it is far from over. The big issue is still whether they will allow retail stores in Denver.
